About this Item

Title

Charles E. Hughes speaking during campaign, Duquesne, Pa., 1916

Summary

Presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes campaigns in Pittsburgh vicinity on Sept. 27, 1916. Hughes was on a strenuous tour in an attempt to knit together various Republican factions. In Pittsburgh area he was joined by Republican notables, some of whom had been at odds with him: Senator Boies Penrose, Philander Knox, William Flinn. Hughes spoke in opposition to the eight-hour day and was silent on female suffrage. In film Hughes is attended by an official who appears, according to newspaper accounts and photos, to be William H. Coleman, Republican County Chairman. There are three different sequences: Hughes shaking hands with official, both apparently on a flag-draped platform, with young girls in background; Hughes addressing crowd of men in front of stone building; and Hughes speaking to group of workers in street, with background view of row houses. Women and children are visible on house porches. Interior title lists location as Duquesne, Pa.

Contributor Names

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948.

Coleman, William H.

Universal Film Manufacturing Company.

Community Motion Picture Service, inc.

Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

United States : Universal Film Manufacturing Co., 1916.

Subject Headings

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Presidents--United States--Election--1916

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Iron and steel workers

Genre

Documentary films

Newsreels

Nonfiction films

Short films

Silent films

Notes

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Copyright: no reg.

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Appearing: Charles Evans Hughes, William H. Coleman.

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Duration: 0:27 at 18 fps.

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Originally part of a Universal animated weekly newsreel segment including footage of Wilson campaign entitled "Two Candidates Busy."

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National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association. RMA purchased from Community. Flash titles on ref print and dupe neg.Arch pos longer than ref print and dupe neg because of length of title. Dupe neg and ref print has sound aperture reduction.

Presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes campaigns in Pittsburgh vicinity on Sept. 27, 1916. Hughes was on a strenuous tour in an attempt to knit together various Republican factions. In Pittsburgh area he was joined by Republican notables, some of whom had been at odds with him: Senator Boies Penrose, Philander Knox, William Flinn. Hughes spoke in opposition to the eight-hour day and was silent on female suffrage. In film Hughes is attended by an official who appears, according to newspaper accounts and photos, to be William H. Coleman, Republican County Chairman. There are three different sequences: Hughes shaking hands with official, both apparently on a flag-draped platform, with young girls in background; Hughes addressing crowd of men in front of stone building; and Hughes speaking to group of workers in street, with background view of row houses. Women and children are visible on house porches. Interior title lists location as Duquesne, Pa.

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